More Capacitive Discharge cutting of household objects

[1crazyfocker]

did you have plans for building this? or find it somewhere? if so where? this is a great looking build. would like to build one my self, any help on where to find plans would be great. thanks

[PodeCoet]

@1crazyfocker

Hello, thanks for your feedback. The plans (schematics, description, photos and PCB Artwork) are on our website, see the video description for the direct link. I'm afraid we can't provide further support or firmware for this build though, so you'll need PIC/dsPIC programming knowledge to get it going

[1crazyfocker]

@PodeCoet thanks, dont know how i missed that

[ventHARAS]

DUUUDE GLOVES!

BTW AWESOME LOL

[clonecrp]

Great Job !

[BlackRockProject]

Outstanding stuff. It really is. Well done.

[PodeCoet]

Bunnings warehouse in Sydney, Australia :P

[Bertziethegreat]

If you upped the capacitors a bit, could you cut something a bit thicker? Like maybe the door to a bank vault? Or even some plate steel?

[PodeCoet]

Hello,

Haha interesting question, I'd go with "maybe" for slightly thicker plate steel, but no way to bank vault thicknesses. If you doubled the capacitance (ie: placed them in parallel), you'd have to double the current rating on your bridge as well as the power supply. In theory you'd get thicker cuts, but your tungsten electrode would get consumed without an inert shielding gas

A plasma cutter is better suited to that kind of application, as the plasma does the cutting and not the electrode

[dgalvarez]

Very nice machine. But sharing it, your work will

be more recognized. Thanks. Very inspirational video

[PodeCoet]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm working on a pulse-arc version, similar circuit, but different welding style and using argon to displace the oxygen. Hopefully it pans out

[Ibringthetruth1]

carbon arc cutting. no big deal.

capacitors holding the power is cool.

[PodeCoet]

Wow, that's fairly truthful, you definitely do your nick justice.

[AefaradienLeafwalker]

zomg that teh awesome. if i knew how to do so with out killing myself, i would so build one of these.

but dood, is it really a good idea to do that with out gloves?

[PodeCoet]

*Ahem* omgrofl ya it is u shud so bild 1 of dese dw u wont kil urself!!!11!

And nope, it's probably NOT a good idea to use it without gloves - the worst you'll get is a little tan and some metal embedded subcutaneously though.

That said, maybe I like the feeling of sparks against my hands, maybe I believe it's worth the risk? WHY CANT YOU JUST BE HAPPY FOR ME!?!

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[thiagossrs]

Schematics, please...

[PodeCoet]

Hello,

I'm still bugfixing the spot-welding portion of this design for the moment, it's a little hard to get done as I'm working most days. I'm estimating about two weeks till completion, after which I'll be posting the PCB layouts and Schematics

[mikep95133]

Nice!!

[PodeCoet]

Thanks! Bloody youtube... It took three attempts to upload this, and it still didn't update the description lol

For sure! I haven't drawn a schematic for it yet, but I'm planning on releasing the layouts/BOM/etc for it once it's fully complete